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SASIKUMAR S
Talent Acquisition Specialist
CHENNAI,TN
Summary
Professional with 5 years of experience gaining competencies and knowledge to successfully cater to talent acquisition needs of large product organizations. Developed fungible recruitment skills to deliver hiring projects for a range of roles. Specialized in building lateral talent pools for tough-to-fill roles in technology. Drove organization aligned projects on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).
Overview
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Freshworks
Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist
07.2024 - Current
Job overview
- Full-Cycle Recruitment: Managed end-to-end recruitment processes including job postings, sourcing, screening, interviewing, and onboarding for Software Engineering, Software Development testing & Data Science hiring.
- Sourcing Strategies: Utilized various channels such as job boards, social media, employee referrals, and direct sourcing to identify high-quality candidates
- Stakeholder Collaboration: Partnered with hiring managers to understand job requirements, define hiring strategies, and provide regular updates on candidate pipeline.
- Applicant Tracking System (ATS): Maintained candidate data and workflows using Workday, Smart Recruiters & LinkedIn Recruiter], ensuring compliance with data privacy regulations.
- Performance Metrics: Consistently met or exceeded hiring goals, reducing time-to-fill by 28% and increasing offer acceptance rates by 86%.
- Onboarding and Retention: Facilitated smooth onboarding processes to enhance employee satisfaction and retention rates.
Amazon
Recruiter
12.2021 - Current
Job overview
- Developed skills to tap into a wide range of talent sources using Web 2.0 techniques which helped build a large top-of-funnel to scale delivery for a number of lateral tech roles
- Job families supported include SDE (Vanilla & niche roles in Embedded), QAE, FEE, DevOps, ASE, Sysdev
- Hired 72 candidates with a monthly productivity of ~3.5 hires using robust screening and time tested candidate engagement strategies
- Supported a 2-month project for high volume role hiring delivering 20 hires
- Conducted a workshop and trained junior recruiters on sourcing and domain-specific hiring
- Coordinated and managed several hiring events
- Traveled to various Amazon centers and also to Campus for high volume hiring
Byjus
Business development associate
06.2020 - 01.2021
Job overview
- Identify, assess and qualify new business opportunities
- Responsible for developing new partnerships and relationships and growing the company's customer base
- Track and report on sales and marketing efforts
- Strong organization and leadership skills
- Outbound calling to create a robust pipeline of prospects for the product
- Closed deals to meet exceed monthly target each month
E-Care Private Ltd
Associate
04.2019 - 06.2020
Job overview
- Working in end to end Denial Management process - systematically investigating each denial, performing root cause analysis, analyzing denial trends to uncover a trend by one or more insurance carriers, and redesigning or re-engineering the process to prevent or reduce the risk of future claim denials
- Meeting daily KPIs on quantity and quality work
- Learnt and developed analytical, interpersonal and organization skills
Education
SRM University
MBA from Business Analytics
01-2024
SVCET , Anna University
Bachelor of Engineering
01-2018
Skills
- Full-Cycle Recruiting
- Talent Sourcing
- Candidate Screening
- Interviewing
- ATS Proficiency
- CRM Management
- Job Descriptions
- Negotiation
- Diversity Recruiting
Candidate screening
Recruiting and sourcing
Team collaboration
Time management
New hire training
Recruitment strategies
Social media recruiting
Client relationship management
Talent management
Candidate sourcing
Salary and benefits negotiations
Offer letters
Personal Information
Languages
Tamil
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
English
Advanced (C1)
Timeline
Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist
Freshworks
07.2024 - Current
Recruiter
Amazon
12.2021 - Current
Business development associate
Byjus
06.2020 - 01.2021
Associate
E-Care Private Ltd
04.2019 - 06.2020
SRM University
MBA from Business Analytics
SVCET , Anna University
Bachelor of Engineering
Work Preference
Work Type
Full TimeWork Location
RemoteOn-SiteHybridSimilar Profiles
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